Catch-22

The story behind Joseph Heller's acclaimed, satirical anti-war novel which sold millions

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The Stonewall Riot

How a protest outside New York's Stonewall Inn inspired the modern gay rights movement.

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The Anfal genocide

Saddam Hussein's war on the Kurds in the 1980s

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Defending a British serial murderer

The lawyer of serial killer Rosemary West recalls the gruesome details of the case

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The US judge accused of sexual harassment

How Supreme Court nominee Judge Clarence Thomas was publicly accused of sexual misconduct

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Germans kidnapped by Nicaragua's rebels

Two German left-wing activists recall their ordeal as hostages of Nicaragua's Contras

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Surviving Cambodia's 'Killing Fields'

The Khmer Rouge took power in 1975, starting their four year genocidal rule.

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The launch of the Walkman

The advent of music on the move in July 1979

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The indigenous fight to stop nuclear waste disposal

How a group of senior, indigenous Australian women fought to save their land.

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The secret diaries of 'Gentleman Jack'

The secret diaries of 19th-century Englishwoman Anne Lister, the 'first modern lesbian'

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China puts tampons on sale

Women in China got access to tampons for the first time in 1985

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The Common Cold Unit

The remarkable UK research centre where thousands went on holiday to catch a cold

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Cuba executes top military officers

Four army officers were sentenced to death for drug trafficking by the Castro government

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Kenya's ivory inferno

How a dramatic bonfire in Nairobi National Park highlighted the threat from poaching

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Laika, the first dog in space

The Russian stray was the first dog to be sent into orbit around the earth

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Valentina Tereshkova, cosmonaut

The Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to be sent into space

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The Moon Landing

In July 1969, Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong took the first steps on the Moon.

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Apollo 13

The Moon mission that almost ended in tragedy after an explosion on board the spaceship.

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The Beagle 2 mission to Mars

A failed attempt to search for signs of life on Mars

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Mamma Mia!

The story of the hit musical Mamma Mia! from the woman who created it

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LGBT 'cooperative' marriages in China

How LGBT people in China started arranging fake marriages to hide their sexuality

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The Chappaquiddick Incident

The car accident involving US Senator Edward Kennedy which left a young woman dead

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When Tunisia led on women's rights

When Tunisia introduced divorce, abortion and votes for women ahead of much of the world.

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Humanity's earliest ancestor

A fossilised skull found in Chad is thought to be the earliest-known ancestor of humans

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The death of David Kelly

The weapons inspector's death deepened the row over the UK's part in the invasion of Iraq

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The treasures of Sutton Hoo

A huge hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold was discovered in southern England in 1939.

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The anti-nuclear protesters who won

The eight year protest campaign which stopped a nuclear plant at Wackersdorf in Germany.

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The Warsaw uprising

On August 1st 1944, Polish resistance fighters rose up against German occupying forces

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The invasion of Kuwait

Thousands of Iraqi troops and tanks began pouring into Kuwait on 2 August 1990

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The mass exodus of Algeria's 'Pieds Noirs'

How thousands of French families fled from Algeria as it won independence

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